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Chris205

Chris205

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Car  Many Things
Everytime the trophy gets slightly dirty I have to whip out the mitt and bucket and make it clean again, theres something about an immaculate trophy that I love....

Is anyone else the same as me or am I verging on the side of OCD???
 
I won't drive the clio unless it's clean...But couldn't give a monkeys if my work horse is filthy...
 
What you need to do is get in it, drive it, and not think about the dirt up the side of it.

Your aware although its a nice car, its a french hatch?
 
yes yes I know, it gets used daily but I hate seeing it dirty, I'm talking cleaned 4-5 times a week, I think its because red is so rewarding when its clean, not so rewarding when its dirty though.

Btw the trophy does get driven, unfortunately not how it was meant to be but I've never been so into cleaning my car as much as since the trophy arrived :o
 
Which, if you have a decent level of protection on, should be all that's needed. Self cleaning with rain FTW.
 
4-5 Times a week :O. You are close to the edge.
I thought I was bad with the occasional twice a week, love the shine and lush reflection. Now with winter approaching plus the work commute, lucky to see twice a month! Washed it after 3 weeks yesterday.

It's due for its winter protection now.
 
You'd pass out if you saw Sir_Dave's in its current state ;)

Yours does look mint though Chris.
 
JD said:
Dave's was detailed by FailSport. He's yet to bring it to me for a spruce up!
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Lol. It's a pity you're not closer JD, I'd love to get mine PC'd!
 
I've just cleaned mine to death today - I'm actually thinking about going to work tonight in the missus' car just to keep it clean one more day :)
 
I used to wash my car at a minimal of 5 times a week, then i had to start paying for the jet wash as they took the token system away and i found a box with 1000 tokens in, happy days.

Now, I wash the car maybe once a month some times even less and over winter i will be leaving it for 2 months at a time as there is no point because it will be dirty with in a few hours of cleaning.
 
there is a difference between driven and detailed, so I've read on the forum

but I think mine is both

last weekend, it was brown. we did a meeting with a drive at some b roads...
kept it like that for a week but this weekend cleaned it again

not the whole package but it's clean again so I'm happy

I don't mind that it's dirty, its used everyday but I love to clean it 2

so you're not the only one!
mine isn't a trophy though
 
Virging...
I used to be similar But I've come to accept that ROADS ARE DIRTY. If I want to drive on them, its to be expected.

And I know what you mean about clean trophys. Not looking forward to winter.. White salt + red trophy = pink trophy :dapprove:
 
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I took mine to hartside, gave it its first propper test since I've bought it, it was clean when it went up there, dirty when it came back, then cleaned the next day....

Also I hate it when the car is dirty and you can see where people have gotten in and out of it, so that's another excuse to clean....

So it was cleaned on saturday, archs detailed etc, did approx 1 mile in the rain on sunday, took it to work and back today, got laid off and decided the best way to cheer myself up is to get the trophy clean, it was already clean but not as clean as I wanted it

So a quick rinse down (some birds decided to s**t on it, great day for me!) it was washed with the 1 bucket method ..lol... then I put another coat of zymol Creme on, needless to say it looks amazing, think I will do an engine bay detail during the week now It appears I will have more time on my hands :D
 
chris205 said:
Everytime the trophy gets slightly dirty I have to whip out the mitt and bucket and make it clean again, theres something about an immaculate trophy that I love....

Is anyone else the same as me or am I verging on the side of OCD???
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Im getting this BUT winter/autumn is slowly beating me down. Endless roads full of s**t.
 
chris205 said:
I took mine to hartside, gave it its first propper test since I've bought it, it was clean when it went up there, dirty when it came back, then cleaned the next day....

Also I hate it when the car is dirty and you can see where people have gotten in and out of it, so that's another excuse to clean....

So it was cleaned on saturday, archs detailed etc, did approx 1 mile in the rain on sunday, took it to work and back today, got laid off and decided the best way to cheer myself up is to get the trophy clean, it was already clean but not as clean as I wanted it

So a quick rinse down (some birds decided to s**t on it, great day for me!) it was washed with the 1 bucket method ..lol... then I put another coat of zymol Creme on, needless to say it looks amazing, think I will do an engine bay detail during the week now It appears I will have more time on my hands :D
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Zymol Creme? As in HD cleanse?
 
My apologies I use Glasur myself.

Can't recommend washing with 1 bucket though, ever.
 
MagpieV6 said:
Totally normal :)
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Right, and what's the number plate on your vee Magpie? :clap:

I thought I was bad but 4 or 5 times a week is more than I can be bothered with on a daily driver.

If I was washing that often, I'd be snowfoam-ing. Faster than 2BM and touchless too.
 
Snow foaming isn't washing. It's pre-washing and will never be a substitute for contact washing.

Bare in mind, the more you wash your car, the more likely you are to incurr marring.
 
gally said:
My apologies I use Glasur myself.

Can't recommend washing with 1 bucket though, ever.
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A friend has been experimenting between titanium and glasur, I'm sure the glasur isnt as durable as the titanium, or so it seems.

The creme was still beading/sheeting nicely 3 weeks after it was done, however you could tell it had lost some of its durability
 
I just think Glasur is the most affordable and best performing boutique wax. I can't see by it.

To be fair I don't use it on every car I detail that's just a waste.
 
JD said:
Bare in mind, the more you wash your car, the more likely you are to incurr marring.
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Exactly the point I was trying to make, and the reason I'd be snowfoam-ing if I was ocd enough to be out in the cold 5 day's a week.
 
JD said:
Snow foaming isn't washing. It's pre-washing and will never be a substitute for contact washing..
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Agreed, but I'd be surprised if snowfoam and a pressure wash wasn't up to the task of removing 24hours worth. How dirty can it get between washes if you're doing it 5 days a week?
 
Cripes! 4-5 times a week? Mines once a month at most in this weather. Too busy trying to enjoy driving it!

One of the reasons i sold the 5 was because i was obsessed with keeping it in near mint condition... Took too much time!
 
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